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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 best interests of the City's general welfare and the public health and safety, and it would not be in the public interest to recommend approval of the Applications and WHEREAS, an appeal of the Planning Commission's recommendation and determinations was filed by the Applicant within the appeal period ("Appeal"); and WHEREAS, the City of Colton City Council ("City Council") held a duly noticed appeal hearing on the Applications on May 17, 2005, after giving published notice of the Appeal; and BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Colton hereby determines that the proposed Applications are not consistent with the goals and policies of the City of Colton General Plan and are not reasonably related to the public welfare of the citizens of the City and the surrounding region for the reasons stated below: A. The intent and purpose of the PC land use designation is to allow for the development of larger pieces of property using non traditional land use and development standards. Larger lot sizes allows for smaller lots to be accommodated in such a way as to permit a natural transition of higher densities to lower densities. In these Applications, the applicant does not allow for the natural transition of larger to smaller lot sizes. B. The City Council finds that the Applications do not keep the same land use pattern as envisioned under the City's General Plan. There are no other smaller lots abutting the Subject Site. C. The City Council finds that the proposed land use and zone change are not consistent with the intent and spirit of the General Plan inasmuch as a hodgepodge of land uses is being created contrary to the orderly development envisioned by the General Plan.. D. The land uses surrounding the Subject Site are developed using traditional suburban lot sizes. The minimum lot size is 7,200 square feet for the smaller lots abutting the site. E. The proposed subdivision map and the design and improvement of the proposed subdivision are not consistent with the general plan for the City of Colton (General Plan). The General Plan designation for this area is "Low Density Residential." The purpose of this designation is to encourage traditional (7,200 square foot) single family residential suburban developments in detached dwellings at a density of up to eight (8) dwelling units per acre. Further, the "Low Density Residential" land use designation encourages subdivisions that are similar in size and shape as those that already exist in the area. The majority of the existing lots in the area are 7,200 square feet and larger in size. The average land use density for the newer development projects is 4.5 units to the acre. The residential density proposed for this project is 5.54 dwelling units per acre and with lot sizes that are less than 5,000 square feet. Thus, the Applications are not consistent with the surrounding uses and the General Plan land use designation of Low Density Residential. ORANGE\MXM\17486.1 - 2 -